Christopher joined active duty in 2008, shortly after leaving his first duty station, he was attached to a ship in Norfolk, VA called the USS Kearsarge in August 2011. Of that same month Brianna graduated from Bootcamp and picked orders in Norfolk VA as she was stationed on the same ship as Chris March 2012 Christopher and Brianna were in the same department but worked in separate divisions. It wasn't until one of their coworkers locked himself out of his car that they decided to hang out after.